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Susan Rice: My Benghazi comments were based on preliminary intelligence

“When discussing the attacks against our facilities in Benghazi I relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community,” Rice told reporters at the United Nations.

“I made clear that the information provided to me was preliminary and that our investigations would give us the definitive answers,” said Rice, who is seen as a possible nominee to replace U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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“When discussing the attacks against our facilities in Benghazi I relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community,” Rice told reporters at the United Nations.

You lying sack of…potatoes. Nothing in what you were given ruled out the attack was premeditated yet you specifically ruled that out….over and over.

You relied on preliminary intelligence that was politically doctored up by DNI. It’s not clear whether you knew that it was doctored or not, but you had no qualifications at all to be speaking on the subject.

You did know, however, that you were a substitute for those that were and you knowingly fulfilled your role as Obama’s Squirrel of the Day in front of the cameras in order continue the coverup.

She lied then and she’s lying now. Obama and his incompetent team will continue to lie until the GOP and the right wing media and blogosphere work up the courage to use the L word to describe their statements.

“But our current best assessment, based on the information that we have at present, is that, in fact, what this began as, it was a spontaneous — not a premeditated — response to what had transpired in Cairo. In Cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier, there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated.”

The future might not belong to those who mock Islamic religious figures, but it looks pretty rosy for those who rape and kill American diplomats in Benghazi. Isn’t there any concern that they might kill more Americans or friends if they aren’t brought to justice quickly and don’t they scatter and become harder to round up as time goes by? The NYT was interviewing the leader sipping a strawberry frappe right out in the open a few days after the attack.

They take what should be a simple direct sentence and throw in a bunch of superfluous words to make it sound deeper and more thoughtful than it is. It’s standard for Leftist academics and Affirmative Action hires.